On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery

On Hallowed Ground is the long and storied history of Arlington National Cemetery. Created during the turmoil of the Civil War, Arlington’s story reflects much of America’s own over the past century and a half. The mansion at its heart, and the rolling land on which it sits, was the family plantation of Robert E. Lee before he joined the Confederacy; strategic to the defense of Washington, it became a Union headquarters, a haven for freedmen, and a burial ground for indigent soldiers before S…